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Narus Announces Steve Bannerman as Vice President of Marketing
Industry Veteran Lends Marketing Acumen to Drive Strategy and Continued Growth
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—November 29, 2005—Narus, Inc. today announced the appointment of industry veteran Steve Bannerman as vice president of marketing. With more than 20 years of experience in sales and marketing in the technology industry, Bannerman will drive Narus’ brand and global marketing programs.
Prior to joining Narus, Bannerman was the founder and chief executive officer of Caststream, Inc., developer of the award-winning cast:stream enterprise e-learning and presentation broadcasting software. He led the acquisition of Caststream by Tarantella, Inc. in 2003. Following the acquisition of Tarantella, Bannerman was appointed chief marketing officer and general manager. In this role, he architected a global product, brand and marketing strategy that resulted in an acquisition by Sun Microsystems.
Bannerman also spent 12 years at Apple in various senior marketing positions, including director of marketing for QuickTime TV (QTV). In this role, he developed a revenue-producing business model for Apple’s streaming media network, with more than 100 top-tier content providers, including Disney, CNN, MTV, BBC, ESPN and Warner Music.
“Steve’s experience and proven track record as a true marketing leader will drive and broaden our established footprint in global IP and government networks,” said Greg Oslan, president and CEO, Narus. “As Narus continues to assert itself as the leader in unified IP Management and Security, the expansion of our global marketing will ensure that our strengths and value are well positioned. We welcome Steve as a key member of the Narus team as we take our business to the next level.”
“Narus has the enviable combination of strong management, unique market opportunity and strategic customers that marketing executives look for in a company,” said Bannerman. “My focus will be on leveraging these strengths to continue to fuel our dramatic growth by extending the Narus brand and value proposition.”
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About Narus, Inc.
Narus software solutions provide the real-time traffic insight essential to profitably manage, secure and deliver Services over IP. Today, large IP-based networks are transforming the traditional circuit-switched world of telecommunications into a dynamic, ever-changing world of IP-based services such as VoIP, IPTV and others. In order to secure, monitor, bill and provide excellent quality of service for these IP-based offerings, service providers must simultaneously capture, normalize and correlate IP traffic across all layers of the network. Only NarusInsight is capable of providing companies with the means to capture, normalize and correlate IP traffic at the speed required for carrier-class networks. With its patented technology and processes, Narus helps customers like AT&T, Korea Telecom, KDDI, Telecom Egypt, Saudi Telecom, France Telecom and T-Mobile in areas of network security, traffic classification and monitoring.
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